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A member of House of Representatives, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Abdu, on Tuesday gave the first vivid account of how the late Senator Ali Wakili died. Wakili, who died on Saturday morning at the age of 58 in his Abuja residence, represented Bauchi-South Senatorial District of Bauchi State READ...

While his emergence as senate president proved a mastery of political manoeuvrings and cunningness, his manner of control of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber appears clearly Machiavellian, one that broods no opposition. As Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has ensured that neither...

Some Senators are planning to resist the National Assembly’s plot to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on amendments to the Electoral Act, The Nation has learnt. Their major concern is to ensure that the President’s veto survives, especially the rejection of the new Order of Elections...

The power tussle between Senators, loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari, and those who are pushing for the reordering of elections heightened on Saturday with the President’s supporters promising to publish signatures of their members. READ MORE HERE

The senator representing Bauchi Central at the Senate, Ali Wakil, is dead. He died after a brief illness on Saturday, a source close to the family told PREMIUM TIMES. Efforts to speak to the Senate spokesperson, Sabi Abdullahi, did not yield any result as he neither picked his calls nor...

The Senate has resolved to write the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to expressed their reservations about the judgment by a Federal High Court stopping the National Assembly from overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the amended Electoral Act. READ MORE...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted eight governors to gag the National Assembly not to veto President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the amended Electoral Act by the National Assembly. The party also said Nigerians...

The Nigerian Senate has spoken on President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the National Assembly’s amendment of the Electoral Act. Spokesman of Nigerian Senate, Senator Sabi Abdullahi said that members of the Senate were yet to deliberate on President Buhari’s letter rejecting the...

Senator representing Nasarawa West in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu has spoken on the reported N70 million belonging to the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, allegedly swallowed by monkey. Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, the senator said the allegation was made to give him a bad...

The House of Representatives has lifted a suspension it placed on Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House from Kano. This followed a letter signed by Mr. Jibrin, allegedly apologising to the House. Although the letter wasn’t fully read before the parliament, the speaker paraphrased it by...

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) yesterday said no amount of intimidation would stop him from supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. He said it was unfortunate that lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress were sabotaging the President...

Shehu Sani, the Nigerian senator who revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million as running cost monthly, has explained why he exposed his colleagues. Mr. Sani in an interview with BBC said the payment is a ‘moral issue.’ “I decided to burst it open. Read more via TODAY.NG –...

The Senate has formally confirmed that its members receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. Premium Times reported how a Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, confirmed the amount, which was hitherto kept from the public. The money is illegal as it is not approved by the Revenue Mobilisation...

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has angered a number of his colleagues for lifting the veil on the N13.5million illegal allowances members of the upper legislative chambers receive each month in addition to their legitimate salaries and allowances. Some lawmakers who spoke...

Member, House Representatives from Jigawa State, Gudaji Kazaure, has warned that women will overthrow men if given too much opportunity. Kazaure, who represents Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/Yankwashi constituency, said women already, “control men at home.” READ MORE HERE

The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as “running cost.” In an interview with TheNews, Mr. Sani said that the running cost does not include a N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances which they also...

Senate Tuesday named Ad-hoc committee to investigate Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello over attacks on Senator Ahmed Ogembe’s empowerment programmes last Saturday at Okene, which left beneficiaries injured and hospitalised. A ranking Senator, James Manager (PDP) of Delta South was...

The Senate wednesday opposed an amendment to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Act seeking to make putting on trousers optional, instead of compulsory, for female corps members. The bill, sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba PDP) ,seeks to allow female corps Read more via...

Mr Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost. The revelation by the Senator was the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that...

The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review his position in withholding assent on the bill to establish Peace Corps of Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a Point of Order raised by Senator Dino Melaye during plenary. Relying on the Senate rules, Melaye urged the...